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Object Record

Catalog Number

ArK-006

Object Name

Arrow

Description

Bamboo shaft with a bone point at tip; bone point is attached to the wood with a dark string; fletching is constructed with two halved feathers attached at their shafts to the other end of the bamboo with string; two smaller green pieces of feathers are attached to the very end of arrow; end of bamboo is carved into a nock.

Collection

Francis L. Black Amazonian Artifacts Collection

Collector

Francis L. Black

Culture

Arara Kurambe

Date

1986

Material

bamboo, wood, string, unidentified organic material, bone, feather

Dimensions

W-6.5 L-182.6 cm

Dimension Details

Length of feathers = 23.7 cmLength of bone point = 7.8 cmWidth is the widest point of arrow at feathers

Condition

Good

Condition Notes

Overall good condition; unidentified organic material is unraveling from bamboo